title: An epidemiologic approach to computerized medical diagnosis--AEDMI program.
abstract: A program called "An Epidemiological Approach to Computerized Medical Diagnosis" (AEDMI) is presented. Using an interactive questionnaire, physician-patient interviews are conducted and a summary of the relevant clinical data is provided. Standard items, obtained on a multi-centre basis, form a large-scale data base. Simultaneously, the reasoning of clinical experts in each real case is analyzed to obtain a knowledge-rules data base. The methodology of the program combines Bayesian systems, expert systems, and other new lines of research such as neural networks or case-based reasoning. The general concepts of clinical decision making aid systems are reviewed. This publication is aimed at obtaining international cooperation.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Hospital de Bellvitge Príncipes de España, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferrer Salvans
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alonso Vallès
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012984:Software; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014584:User-Computer Interface